Thursday, April 24, 2008

Just don’t go to the South Island (squeal like a piggy boy)

Attack sparks tourist warningWith another tourist recovering from an seemingly unprovoked attack, tourism leaders are urging operators not to be afraid of warning people of the risks of travelling in New Zealand. Irishman Robbie O'Brien, 31, was attacked by a group of men after a night out in Westport. He suffered cuts to his face and needed hospital treatment. O'Brien said he had been staying in Westport as part of a three-week trip to New Zealand and had been drinking with locals he had met. He was attacked by a man as he walked back to his accommodation with the group, some of whom tried to go to his aid. He had seen his attacker earlier that night but had not spoken to him and saw no reason for the attack. Senior Sergeant Geoff Scott, of the Westport police, said the attack appeared to be unprovoked and happened only because O'Brien spoke with an accent. Jarrod Akapita Whata, a 20-year-old Westport timber worker, appeared in the Westport District Court yesterday charged with injuring with intent. Others are likely to face charges. The incident comes a week after an attack on a group of English and Danish tourists in central Christchurch, also allegedly sparked by their accents.

Look, as any Aucklander will tell you when traveling in the South Island, don’t. This is banjo land, this is deliverance, dem people don’t likes dem outsiders, my guess is that these Southerners who attacked these tourists thought they were from Wellington, that’s far too poofy north for mainlanders, they would have killed them if they thought they were Aucklanders, but would have just been confused by the concept of ‘overseas travelers’ as it goes outside the South Island being carried on the back of 4 elephants standing on a giant turtle model that most Southerners prescribe to.

---------------UPDATE--------------From Public Address' Christchurch correspondent:In a well-known Christchurch watering-hole, I was recently served a pint of beer with ice-cubes.The teenage barmaid, who either did not know or, perhaps, did not care that I may have an inherited heart condition, explained her actions with the following words: "We always put ice-cubes in drinks unless people ask for 'no ice'".- TS

20 Comments:

Lets just conveniently ignore the bit that says ...and had been drinking with locals he had met. He was attacked by a man as he walked back to his accommodation with the group, some of whom tried to go to his aid

Look at all the tourists that get attacked in Rotorua and Northland. How about the poor Scottish girl murdered in Taupo. Don't recall you conjuring up images of feral inbreeding in any of those cases Bomber?

Jarrod Akapita Whata is the alleged attacker. With a name like that you still try and make out this is some southern inbred problem? Looks like Jarrod was just doing what his bros up north have been doing for years. Shame his surname wasn't Jones, then you could have let all your prejudices run wild.

Well we can see your tongue firmly placed up Bomber's arse bill. There's nothing tongue in cheek about Bomber's post, you clearly don't know the meaning of that phrase. By the way I live in Auckland but if pigeon holing anyone who disagrees with your beloved Bomber as being a south island redneck makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, knock yourself out buddy.

"Shame his surname wasn't Jones, then you could have let all your prejudices run wild."

Heh. That occurred to me too.

To be fair though, Bomber was able to see past the ethnicity inferred (but by no means guaranteed) by the name. Apparently, without wanting to ascribe too much to a man I have not met, in Bomber's eyes anyone can be an bigoted, inbred hick.

Well we can see your tongue firmly placed up Bomber's arse bill. There's nothing tongue in cheek about Bomber's post, you clearly don't know the meaning of that phrase. By the way I live in Auckland but if pigeon holing anyone who disagrees with your beloved Bomber as being a south island redneck makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, knock yourself out buddy.Ooooh, poor anonoymous poster has decided to take offence and automaticly moves to homophobic overtones, you need to chill a little more anon and not get so uptight, I'm sure Bomber was only teasing, you need a hug?

just read the posts, gosh no one has a sense of humour, I especially think the above guy protests too much about rednecks, perhaps a recent arrival to Auckland from the South - thought the post was very funny - oh and Chch is a fucking hole of a violent place.

I agree with the whole Christchurch is a violent shithole comments.The place really doesnt have much going for it.Too much inbreed white trash,small dicked boy racers,and slappers,tons of dirty slappers.Oh and violent rugby headed low iq goons.

Find a map you ignorant fools. WestPort is not a suburb of Christchurch.

There are plenty of poor whites in the south, particularly in Christchurch but to use that image for the anger of brown youth is uninformed at best and obsfucating the simmering problem ahead.

You might want to follow the Christchurch Urban Developement Strategy as well.Christchurch City Council (CCC) have taken the whole of Banks Peninsular into it and are moving to take in most of Canty & North Canty. Anything North of Ashburton and South of Amberly will soon be CCC under one Mayor or as I've been calling it the City State of Christchurch.

This is to be a mixed urban , rural city, not a continual urban sprawl.

The Trusts & Charities I've been involved with have found one council easier as a one stop shop than running cap in hand to various bodies.

I'm from christchurch bomber used to listen to you on the radio and now I watch your T.V. show. First time I have read your blog and I find out your hypocritical, bigoted and prejudiced fuck. I've been to the west coast, lots of times. There is no place in New Zealand with more gentle pot-smoking hippies then there, also bigots like anywhere in NZ, obviously auckland, cos' you live there.

While we're at the chch bashing, whats with the gangs of 14yr olds that roam the streets at night in some suburbs? Or for that matter the 7yr olds?

Yeah because that never happens in Auckland right? Or Wellington? Or Hamilton?

I especially think the above guy protests too much about rednecks, perhaps a recent arrival to Auckland from the South Good guessing detective dipshit, I'm Auckland born and bred, unlike some I have actually spent a bit of time in the south, and aside from a bit of good natured parochial ribbing about the rugby I have never had any grief from being from up here.

As for Bombers comment: Look, as any Aucklander will tell you when traveling in the South Island, don’t. Um no, Bomber not any Aucklander. I think you'll find that if you act like an obnoxious stuck-up fuckwit who thinks being from Auckland makes him superior, you'll get treated like a cunt where ever you go.

I can't beleive your post its just unreal. Now we see the real bomber, what an ignorant hypocrite your are. You go on and on about racsists, bigots and elitists, now we see your true colours. I am so offended by your shit. Sure we in the south poke a bit of fun at aucklanders but nothing like this, what a cunt. If you think the south is like that how about you come down here and see for yourself. You can bring your crass, corpulent, americanized ass down here and actually talk to the people that is if your not to stuck-up and elitist to talk to the unwashed masses. You can try some wine from our world renowned backwater vineyards or come to christchurch, yes it is smaller than auckland, but its got two universities. What about all those backwards people that come from the south like Kate Shepard (christchurch) she wasn't forward thinking at all. How about Joe Bennett, James K. Baxter, Chris Trotter, Dan Davin and so on all illiterate southerners. How about that guy you used to have on your show from dunedin, he was ignorant wasn't he bomber (not as smart as you aucklanders). Keith Locke he is your typical redneck from christchruch, isn't he bomber. Rod Donald, where was he from again, oh right, the dirty southern town of christchruch. As for ice in beer that's ridiculous everyone knows how much southerners like beer. Get fucked Bomber, take your ignorant, intolerant self to some other country. One more time for effect, FUCK YOU BOMBER.